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one who observes or studies by close examination and systematic inquiry
medical researchers reported some eye-opening findings on the effectiveness of statins in the reduction of LDL in the bloodstream
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The researchers simply pushed this concept further by replacing the native Sox2 gene in mouse cells with its choanoflagellate equivalent, demonstrating that these ancient genes could induce pluripotency.
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
This is a challenge that researchers have been struggling to solve for close to three decades.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
The researchers measured fear activity in each person’s brain.
—Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Investigators and some extremism researchers are looking into whether there's evidence of a clear ideology behind the UnitedHealthcare CEO's killing after details about suspect Luigi Mangione surfaced online.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
In November, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released study results on a new AI algorithm developed by researchers at the NIH National Library of Medicine and the National Cancer Institute.
—Premier Contributor, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Resolving inflammation so the body can heal In the new study, researchers used colorectal cancer tissue harvested from 80 patients in the US and compared the tumor with normal colon tissue taken from the same patient.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
In 2013, researchers at University of Wisconsin put people in MRI machines and threatened to shock them at random.
—Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
But researchers also found that the upward trend in package theft may actually be leveling out.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 11 Dec. 2024
Scott Travers, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
This is a challenge that researchers have been struggling to solve for close to three decades.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
The researchers measured fear activity in each person’s brain.
—Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Investigators and some extremism researchers are looking into whether there's evidence of a clear ideology behind the UnitedHealthcare CEO's killing after details about suspect Luigi Mangione surfaced online.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
In November, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released study results on a new AI algorithm developed by researchers at the NIH National Library of Medicine and the National Cancer Institute.
—Premier Contributor, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Resolving inflammation so the body can heal In the new study, researchers used colorectal cancer tissue harvested from 80 patients in the US and compared the tumor with normal colon tissue taken from the same patient.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
In 2013, researchers at University of Wisconsin put people in MRI machines and threatened to shock them at random.
—Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
But researchers also found that the upward trend in package theft may actually be leveling out.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 11 Dec. 2024
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